New Mexico Statutes

§ 44-2-4 — [Purpose of writ; judicial discretion not controlled.]

New Mexico § 44-2-4
JurisdictionNew Mexico
Ch. 44Miscellaneous Civil Law Matters
Art. 2Mandamus

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N.M. Stat. Ann. § 44-2-4 (2026).

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It may be issued to any inferior tribunal, corporation, board or person, to compel the performance of an act which the law specially enjoins as a duty resulting from an office, trust or station; but though it may require an inferior tribunal to exercise its judgment, or proceed to the discharge of any of its functions, it cannot control judicial discretion.

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Legislative History

Laws 1884, ch. 1, § 38; C.L. 1884, § 1993; C.L. 1897, § 2761; Code 1915, §

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